UNICAL suspends Wednesday lectures as preparations intensify for NUGA 2026

The University of Calabar, UNICAL, has suspended lectures and applicable classes each Wednesday to let student-athletes hole for the 28th variation of the Nigerian Universities Games, NUGA, scheduled for November 2026.

Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof Offiong Offiong, disclosed this connected Thursday during a property briefing connected the university’s level of preparedness to big the prestigious sporting lawsuit for the archetypal clip since 1990.

Offiong said the determination was portion of measures aimed astatine ensuring the assemblage performs powerfully astatine the competition, noting that the instauration was determined not lone to big but besides to look among the apical performers.

According to him, implicit 50 nationalist and backstage universities person already indicated involvement successful participating successful the games, portion much than 50,000 athletes, officials and supporters are expected successful Calabar for the sporting fiesta.

He explained that participating institutions would vie successful 28 sporting events, adding that UNICAL had integrated NUGA preparations into its world calendar to springiness student-athletes capable clip for training.

“Our students person been grooming intensively for the competition. To show our determination to pb the medals table, we person directed that nary lectures oregon practicals should clasp connected Wednesdays truthful that pa...